Portfolio



(No Model.) I

H. WEIR.

PORTFOLIO.

No. 325,294. Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

WITNESSES IVE/V70}? 4 H0 rneys WILLIAM H. IVEIR, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

PORTFOLIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,294, dated September 1, 1885.

Application filed October 3, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. WEIR, of Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portfolios and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in portfolios designed more especially for use in so-ealled written examinations, the object being to provide a portfolio with a transverse opening in one of the covers or sides that will expose a portion of the inclosed paper, so that it may be written upon, and so arranged that as the paper is moved along to bring a fresh surface into the field, the parts written upon will be concealed'by the cover, to the end that one pupil or candidate in such examinations cannot copy or see what another pupil or candidate has written.

Vith these objects in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved portfolio. Figs. 2 and 3 are plan views showing the paper in different positions in the portfolio.

The portfolio may be of any suitable material; but for ordinary purposes heavy paper is all that is required, and it is folded in the manner shown in Fig. 1, forming two covers, A and A. The front or left-hand cover has a transverse opening, a, near the bottom, and may have a flap, a, to cover the opening. This flap may be hinged to the cover on one side, as shown, or may be divided in either direction and hinged on opposite sides; or the flap may be made from the piece or pieces of cover out out to form the opening a, and may be left attached to the cover at certain portions, where it may be doubled back, thus forming a hinge; also, pieces of tape (0 may be attached to the cover, forming loops for securing pens, pencils, rulers, 850., as shown, 011 the upper portion of the front cover.

It is common to line portfolios with blottingpapei, and such an arrangement would be convenient in this device.

The distance from the opening a to the top 0 of the portfolio should be at least equal to the length of the paper that is to be used.

In operating the device the portfolio is placed on the desk with the end B next to the pupil or operator. A sheet of legal cap or other paper, D,is introduced at the end B between the two leaves or covers of the portf Mo and pushed to the top of the opening a. By lifting the flap the seven or eight lines exposed may be written upon, after which the paper is pushed up toward the top 0, thus concealing what has been written and bringing seven or eight lines more into the field or opening, and so 011 till the page is covered, and then other pages may be filled in the same way. Vhen the last line on the page has been filled, nothing is exposed beyond 0, and if at any time it be necessary to stop writing the flap a may be closed, thus hiding what may be in the opening a.

\Vhat I claim is 1. A portfolio consisting, cssentially,of two covers or leaves connected at one edge, one of said covers or leaves being provided with a transverse opening the; ein, substantially as set forth.

2. A portfolio consisting, essentially,of two covers or leaves connected at one edge, one of said covers or leaves being provided with a transverse opening, and with a flap adapted to be turned down so as to cover more or less of said opening, according to the size of the flap, substantially as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a portfolio eonsisting, essentially, of two leaves or covers connected at one edge, one of said leaves or covers having an opening through the same, a flap for closing the opening in said cover, and one or more loops for holding pens or pencils, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 20th day of September, 1884.

\VILLIAM H. W'EIR.

Vitnesses:

Ronfr. O. Ronenns, A. I. LINN COCI-IRAN. 

